SEN. BOB CORKER (R-TN): “I would be surprised if you see mass reprisals. I just don’t think that’s what’s going to happen. I don’t think anybody is going to consider that to be a very astute or intelligent thing to do.” [Politico, 1/26/11]

SEN. RON JOHNSON (R-WI): “I don’t think that’d be a particularly effective strategy. I would much rather pursue a positive agenda.” [Politico, 1/26/11]

SEN. MIKE CRAPO (R-ID): “I don’t think to gum up the process out of spite would be helpful. We need to be about the business of building solutions.” [Politico, 1/26/11]

REPUBLICANS DEFECTING FROM PLANS TO BOYCOTT BANKING HEARING

GOP SENATORS WORRIED BOYCOTT ‘WOULD REFLECT BADLY ON THEM.’ According to National Journal, Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee “were unable to get all GOP committee members to sign onto a full-scale boycott. A Senate staffer who declined to be named said that after Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., declined to skip the hearing, several other committee members decided to attend, fearing Corker’s presence would reflect badly on them.” [National Journal, 1/26/11]